The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-11-17
THE DOCTORS, REPORT.
Detailed Results Of tho Observations OF thu
Modest Men-A Quiet Dispersal-Fischer'

Detailed Results or tho OBJ observations or the
Medicsl Men-A Quiet Dispersal-Fischer's
Autograph.
CHICAGO, Nov. 11.-Considerable interest
attaches to the observations taken by the
doctors after the drop fell. The following Is
their report:
after The drop: First 1miinnteNspies. 11s: Par.
~ute-spisss, io4: Fischer. ss;; Engel. se: Par
%pon1 lSai I ss9f and min oas-a hi! n F,In 7 s sfser the the
gel. So: Parsons, heavy respiration and convul-
sive pulser which could not be counted.
T T9nsse. m hs. r,. after dss e Rnss, half e..
Parsons. convulsive Jerking a twitch-
imS |. ana gasping, conyuisive respiration.
Four minutes: Spies, half ninute, %: Fischer,
10; Engel, Is; Parsons. eO-convulsive. Four
and 9 halt minutes: Spies, half-minnte. 20;
30: Parsons, no report by doctors. Five min
Mtes:, Spies, half minute, 10: Fischer, 81;
Engel, 80; Parsons. per minute, liz, pulse be-
Spies. half-minatc, %, In very faint; Fischer.
~: Engel, so and faint: Parsons. convulsive.
Six minutes. Spies, quarter Ininute. lG; Fischer,
immediately after the close Of the sixth minute
Dr.. Mover announced that he was unable to feel
any pulse in Spies wrist. Six and one-half
u y SClV uLC Sfs GAukctsS OOS
Parsons convulsiye. Seven minutes. Fischer.
half-minute, 81: Parsons pulse no Longer per-
ceptible: Engel, not stated. Seven and one-half
minutes after drop, Fischer, %; no pulse per-
ceptible In the others.
Seven minutes and forty-ive seconds after
the cendemned dropped Ffscher's pulse was
declared to have ceased The hands were
visible and could be seen to have turned ex-
tremely purple. Those Of Engel and Fischer
were darker In shade than the hands Of Spies
and Parsons. Upon the expiration of eleven
and Q half minutes after the drop fell, DR..
Meyer announced that Fischer's pulse hadtre-
sumed it's action at the rate of 60 per minute.
The other physicians felt for the pulse, bnt
none Of them could discover any, and stated
what appeared to Dr.. Meyer a pulsation was
simply the convulsive motions Of tensions
.CoULDN'T ENDURE THE SIGHT.
Many Of the spectators turned their heads
at the fatal instant. but experienced eyes
saw that the body Of Spies struggled fear.
fully at first Fisher did not move for q mo-
ment or two, and then he hung limp, but
struggled for . few moments, during which
his cowl was d~isarranged, exposing a part Of
his face until the body was turned around by
the physician who was examining the pulse.
Engle's body made scarcely a mo-
tion after it had fallen. When Parsons
body fell it remained stationary
for some momenta Then the head nodded
back and forth. while the upper portion Of
the body was ~convulsed, the bosom heaved
SO hard that it seemed as IL it would burst
through the shroud. With another violent
throw Of the whole body the contest between
life and death ended. As soon as the doctors
had declared the four men to be dead, those
who had Witnessed the execution began to
depart In q most orderly manner in great
contrast to previous occasions Of q similar
character. 1t was wonderful to
note how quickly the excitement